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The data can be found in a new study by PolicyLink and PERE (the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at the University of Southern California), which came out Wednesday. One of its main conclusions is sobering: “While the Bay Area economy is booming, rising inequality, stagnant wages...

But a recent study says that if trends continue, San Francisco is headed in the opposite direction. In fact, the report from PolicyLink, a research and advocacy organization in conjunction with a University of Southern California program, says the white population in San Francisco is on a steady...

Back in the 1980s, San Francisco was a relative bastion of diversity in an otherwise homogenous region, but in the span of two generations, all that will reverse, according to a new report from social equity group PolicyLink.

A study of the Bay Area region finds that San Francisco is becoming less diverse as surrounding counties increase multicultural populations. CityLab noted the study's starkest findings in the PolicyLink study: San Francisco is predicted to be the "whitest county" in the Bay Area by the year 2040.

San Francisco's share of people of color is declining, while diversity in every other Bay Area county is climbing, according to a new demographic profile of the region released by the social equity group PolicyLink.

The “Equitable Growth Profile” of the Research Triangle Region was presented this week at the Research Triangle Park Headquarters, sponsored by the Triangle J Council of Governments and the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments.

The Equitable Growth Profile for the Cape Fear Region, developed by a research- and action-based institute based in California called PolicyLink and a University of Southern California program, outlines demographic trends and indicators of equitable growth in an effort to highlight “strengths...

Nearly 80 percent of seniors in the U.S. are white - while nearly half of people younger than 18 are black, Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern or multiracial. What happens to state policy when the “racial generation gap” is so large?

“It’s not being shared within the community,” said Sarita Turner, senior associate for PolicyLink, a national research organization. “If we don’t invest in our most valuable asset (this region’s residents), we’ll suffer for that.”

While Omaha has been lauded for its high quality of life, solid economy and low cost of living, a new report suggests the metro area must overcome wide racial gaps in education, employment and income to economically succeed in the future.

Dismantling racial barriers to economic opportunity — from policing practices to exclusionary zoning — is critical to building stronger, more cohesive communities, according to many housing and community practitioners.

A new study shows that the U.S. economy would expand by $2.1 trillion in gross domestic product if racial minorities had equal access and opportunities in the job market. The report, "The Equity Solution," was released last week by PolicyLink and the University of Southern California's Program...

Racism isn't just morally abhorrent — it's economically destructive. "The Equity Solution," a new paper from progressive think tank PolicyLink and co-authored with USC's Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, argues that if the pay gap among racial groups was eliminated, the country...

Last week, PERE and PolicyLink released that chart as part of an analysis looking at the theoretical impact on the economy if blacks, Hispanics and other minority groups had the same income distribution as whites.

A study released this week in Houston advises government and business leaders from the southeast region of Texas to develop programs to provide more educational and employment opportunities to populations that are still in the minority in that part of the state, such as Hispanics but they are...

Because of rapidly increasing racial and ethnic demographic changes, the future in the Kansas City area will depend on this community overcoming its racist past and present. That won’t be easy because of racism’s deep roots and its regenerating ability to hurt and exclude people of color.

A new report, “An Equity Profile of the Kansas City Region,” explains that racial inequities combined with an increasing minority population in the nine-county area place this community economic future at risk.

Kansas City's overall economic resilience -- historically and since the last recession -- has tended to mask the severe education and unemployment problems for the area's blacks, Latinos and Native Americans.

"As we work collaboratively to identify the most promising path to a prosperous future, we must understand how Rhode Island fits into our regional economy, what our strengths are, and where we can improve,"